Questions buzz Ray County about what the Law Enforcement Restitution Fund (LERF) Board does and how it is run. Turns out, a county establishes LERF through RSMo 50.565 – county law enforcement restitution fund may be established, proceeds designated for deposit in, use of monies — audit of fund. The statute states the county commission may establish the LERF board by county ordinances. The board consists of five members, two county citizens appointed by the county presiding commissioner, two citizens appointed by the sheriff, and one citizen appointed by the county coroner or medical examiner. In Ray County, the Presiding Commissioner Billy Gaines, Sheriff Scott Childers, and Coroner Bart Willim appointed the current LERF board. The statute confirms the appointed members cannot be current or former elected officials, current or former employees of the sheriff’s department, the office of the prosecuting attorney for the county, the office of the county commissioners, or the county…